{"id":"F2012L02049","name":"Quarantine (Declared Places - Yellow Fever) Declaration 2012","slug":"quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":90000,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L02049-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Quarantine (Declared Places - Yellow Fever) Declaration 2012","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nQuarantine (Declared Places — Yellow Fever) Declaration 2012\n\nQuarantine Act 1908\n\nI, TANYA PLIBERSEK, Minister for Health, make this Declaration under section 12 of the Quarantine Act 1908.\n\nDated 10 OCTOBER 2012\n\nTANYA PLIBERSEK\n\nMinister for Health\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Quarantine (Declared Places — Yellow Fever) Declaration 2012.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Declaration commences on 1 November 2012.\n\n3 Repeal\n\nThe Quarantine (Declared Places — Yellow Fever) Declaration 2009 is repealed.\n\n4 Definition\n\nIn this Declaration:\n\n> Act means the Quarantine Act 1908.\n\n5 Declaration\n\nFor section 12 of the Act, a place mentioned in Schedule 1 is infected with yellow fever.\n\nSchedule 1 Declared places\n\n(section 5)\n\n    Angola\n    Argentina — Misiones Province\n    Benin\n    Bolivia\n    Brazil\n    Burkina Faso\n    Burundi\n    Cameroon\n    Central African Republic\n    Chad\n    Colombia\n    Congo, Democratic Republic of the\n    Congo, Republic of the\n    Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)\n    Ecuador (excluding the Galápagos Islands)\n    Equatorial Guinea\n    Ethiopia\n    French Guiana\n    Gabon\n    Gambia\n    Ghana\n    Guinea\n    Guinea‑Bissau\n    Guyana\n    Kenya\n    Liberia\n    Mali\n    Mauritania\n    Niger\n    Nigeria\n    Panama\n    Paraguay\n    Peru\n    Rwanda\n    Senegal\n    Sierra Leone\n    South Sudan\n    Sudan\n    Suriname\n    Togo\n    Trinidad\n    Uganda\n    Venezuela\n\n|     |     |     |     |     |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See [www.comlaw.gov.au](http://www.comlaw.gov.au/).","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2037},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine re-enactment that replaces the 2009 declaration. The scope remains strictly limited to declaring specific places as infected with yellow fever for the purposes of quarantine controls under the Quarantine Act 1908."},"complexity_factors":["Single definition ('Act') in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Minimal cross-referencing (only references section 12 of the Quarantine Act 1908)","Schedule consists of a simple unstructured list of country names without subordinate provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration lists countries and regions where **yellow fever** is officially considered a health risk for Australian quarantine purposes.\n\n**What it means for travelers:**\nIf you are arriving in Australia from any place on this list, you may need to show proof of yellow fever vaccination or face quarantine requirements under the *Quarantine Act 1908*.\n\n**Locations covered:**\nThe schedule includes countries in sub-Saharan Africa (such as Angola, Nigeria, and Uganda) and parts of South America (including Brazil, Colombia, and Peru) where yellow fever occurs.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis instrument updates the previous declaration to ensure Australian border health controls reflect current disease risks and trigger the biosecurity powers under the Quarantine Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2012","history":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2012/documents"}}